Contemporary Quotes

The history of Christianity, therefore, must be of concern to all who are interested in the record of man and particularly to all who seek to understand the contemporary human scene. Kenneth Scott Latourette
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My dad used to sing in a quartet. He loved everything: adult contemporary, anything smooth. He'd listen to the quartets. Keri Hilson
Everything Adult He Contemporary Sing Smooth Quartet Listen Anything Loved Used Dad
I don't like all of the contemporary country. I like some of it, but I'm mostly into the traditional style. Kim Dickens
Country Style Some Like Contemporary Mostly Traditional
One feels very blessed to be born into a family like the Birla family, which is a household name in India, which stands for tradition, is yet contemporary, stands for trust. Kumar Mangalam Birla
Family Trust Blessed India Born Feels Name Like Contemporary Household Household Name Tradition Very Which Stands
When I go to galleries in New York, I feel like I'm in school. I know that there's good contemporary conceptual art, but I have a really hard time caring about it. I'd rather look at images of people and things I can relate to. Then again, I didn't go to art school. Kyp Malone
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Contemporary literature in the West has shown some signs of ethical change. Lafcadio Hearn
Change Signs Some Contemporary West Literature Ethical Shown
I've had a somewhat typical experience in that many of the contemporary writers I was exposed to early on were white and often male. Laura van den Berg
Experience White Typical Somewhat Writers Had Contemporary Were Male Often Many Exposed Early
Most dystopian, classic and contemporary, paints a future world that puts a twist on present society - a future world that could plausibly happen. Lauren DeStefano
Future World Society Classic Could Puts Most Contemporary Happen Dystopian Paints Present Twist
I like contemporary, bare-boned writing. I don't like having the language that I barely understand get in the way of me interpreting it over to an audience. It's this barrier that I don't want to have to attack. Laurie Metcalf
Me Writing Language Way Having Attack Over Like Contemporary Understand Audience Get Want Barely Barrier Interpreting
To me, the contemporary novel suffers from a lack of sense of place - or spirit of place, if you will. It's not important to most writers, I must assume, or they try to research a given background on sabbatical. Not for me. I write about places I've lived long before I ever set pen to paper. Lawrence Osborne
Me You Try Will Long Important Before Sense Research Assume Background Paper Pen Must Spirit About Given Sabbatical Write Writers Most Contemporary Lack Place Places Novel Lived Ever Suffers Set
When you have legends who want to do music with you, and you befriend the Kendrick Lamars and the Chance the Rappers, that's due to you really being authentically hip-hop and not being contemporary Christian. Lecrae
Music You Christian Rappers Contemporary Hip-Hop Due Befriend Legends Being Want Really Who Chance
Works of art produced in the contemporary world are a further expression of that. But I don't think there is an active, ongoing nihilist self-consciousness in the artist. Leonard Baskin
Art World Active Think Further Ongoing Self-Consciousness Contemporary Contemporary World Artist Produced Works Expression
In 'Hamilton,' we're telling the stories of old, dead white men, but we're using actors of color, and that makes the story more immediate and more accessible to a contemporary audience. Lin-Manuel Miranda
Old Men White Immediate Telling More Color Contemporary Dead Makes Audience Accessible Hamilton Stories Story Using Actor
I shot a pilot for ABC, which I'm a bit confused about what the actual title is - I heard it was called 'Chosen.' It's directed by Roland Emmerich - the master of disaster himself - and it's his idea and concept for the show that's a supernatural thriller about good and evil set in contemporary modern day New York. Linus Roache
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I like terrific writing, but I also like a terrific story. My favorite books have both, and they're by contemporary, commercial American writers. Lisa Scottoline
Writing Books Favorite Both Writers Like Contemporary Also Terrific Commercial American Story American Writers
I didn't wait around for my parents' opinion about my venture out into contemporary music. Lizz Wright
Music Wait Parents Out About Contemporary Contemporary Music Venture Around Opinion
I would say that most of my books are contemporary realistic fiction... a couple, maybe three, fall into the 'historic fiction' category. Science fiction is not a favorite genre of mine, though I have greatly enjoyed some of the work of Ursula LeGuin. I haven't read much science fiction so I don't know other sci-fi authors. Lois Lowry
Work Science Three Fall Realistic Other Books Mine Say Though Favorite Would Some Category Know Most Contemporary Couple Genre Read Sci-Fi Science Fiction Historic Greatly Authors Maybe Fiction Much Enjoyed
Wyndham Lewis is basically a pessimist, thinking of human beings as doomed animals or determinist machines. His theory of satire is based on this view, and he finds plenty of evidence to support it in contemporary practice. Louis MacNeice
Satire Animals Practice Pessimist Thinking Evidence Machines Plenty Finds He Support Contemporary His Human Doomed Human Beings View Theory Beings Based Basically Lewis
When the Domaine Musical started up, I wasn't part of it. They were the major players in contemporary music at that time, braodcasting old and new composers' work. And I wasn't one of them. Luc Ferrari
Work Music Time Old Musical Composers Part New Major Contemporary Contemporary Music Were Up Them Players Started
I am more interested in revolutionary beauty than in the great beauty, to be honest. Italian cinema is now mostly a bureau for tourism. We have given up that revolution of the contemporary. Luca Guadagnino
Great Cinema Beauty Revolution To Be Honest Given More Tourism Contemporary Mostly Am Italian Up Than Revolutionary Bureau Interested Now Honest
The London Olympic Opening Ceremony was excellent. The mixture of old and new, of classic and contemporary was a beautiful reflection of Great Britain. Danny Boyle is a genius. Ludovico Einaudi
Beautiful Great Genius Reflection Old Great Britain Danny London Classic Excellent New Opening Contemporary Mixture Ceremony Olympic Britain
In the future, I would like to do more films with contemporary themes. Perhaps comedy, which is something I have done in theater but not in cinema. Luke Evans
Future Cinema Comedy Films Would Something More Like Perhaps Contemporary Done Which Theater Themes
Your kids might feel more apt to try some art of their own after viewing contemporary works that are far less intimidating than those of the Old Masters. Lynda Resnick
Art Try Old Own Intimidating Those Apt Kids Some More Feel Contemporary Masters Than After Might Far Far Less Your Viewing Less Works
All I do is watch dance videos. I love Ricky Ubeda, who is a contemporary dancer, and I also love Madison Cubbage. They inspire me to work harder every day. Maddie Ziegler
Work Love Day Me Every Day Inspire Videos Dance Every Dancer Madison Contemporary Also Ricky Who Harder Watch
In a way, we tried to make 'The Salvation' a contemporary film with contemporary emotions. At the same time, in the script, you get a feel that all the small talk is not a part of our universe. It's more precise talk. Mads Mikkelsen
Time You Emotions Universe Our Way Tried More Small Small Talk Part Feel Contemporary Talk Make Get Salvation Same Precise Same Time Script Film
Architects create spaces that accommodate human activity. As opposed to many of its contemporary counterparts, Dune'is not so much focused on the styling of that activity, as on the supporting of it. Magnus Larsson
Focused Architects Counterparts Supporting Contemporary Styling Opposed Accommodate Human Human Activity Spaces Create Much Many Activity
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